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Oracle files new appeal over Pentagon’s $10B JEDI cloud contract RFP process

You really have to give Oracle a lot of points for persistence, especially where the $10 billion JEDI cloud contract procurement process is concerned. For more than a year, the company has been complaining  across every legal and government channel it can think of. In spite of every attempt to [CONTINUE READING]

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Ford says its autonomous cars will last just four years

The automotive industry has been promoting self-driving cars as a kind of panacea that will solve numerous problems that modern society is grappling with right now, from congestion to safety to productivity (you can work while riding!). Unfortunately, a very big question that has been almost entirely overlooked is: how [CONTINUE READING]

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Y Combinator graduate PredictLeads helps VCs hunt for unicorns

The Slovenian founders behind PredictLeads, another recent Y Combinator graduate, applied to the prestigious accelerator five times before they were admitted. Their business, which helps venture capital firms and sales teams identify high-growth companies, i.e. potential investments and potential customers, had come a long way since it was founded in [CONTINUE READING]

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How Do You Celebrate Success in Business?

We’re near that time of year, football season. And that means we’re going to see the latest in creative touchdown celebrations. But what do you do when you score a proverbial touchdown in business? It doesn’t make sense to spike a ball but those wins in business — both big [CONTINUE READING]

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Rick McCutcheon of Full Contact Selling: How Does CRM Benefit Your Business? It’s In The Data, If the Data is in Your CRM

A few months back we posted a question here at SBT asking what are the biggest challenges when it comes to using customer relationship management solutions.  Over 500 people responded, and the biggest challenges — hands down —  were manually entering and maintaining data, and understanding how CRM really benefits [CONTINUE READING]